The racism baked into America’s spookiest holiday caused me to abandon it. The folktales of my Caribbean birthplace helped me reimagine it for my children. Halloween was one of my favorite annual ...

The Tony-winning team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have produced more than 20 musicals, including “Ragtime,” “Seussical” and “Anastasia.” But one of their collaborations that rarely makes it to ...

Reading fairy tales can be essential to building the imagination of young readers. Folk tales, meanwhile, can help illuminate life lessons and teach children about traditions held by people all over ...

The folk tale tradition—from fairy tales to ghost stories—has origins stretching back to the start of human speech. The art of oral storytelling predates the written word, and has been used for time ...